Archive for January 6th, 2007
What if Doug Engelbart didn’t define modern computing?
The first prototype, its casing carved from wood, had only one button. The demo version had three.
The Click Heard Round The World
It was December 1968. An obscure scientist from Stanford Research Institute stood before a hushed San Francisco crowd and blew every mind in the room. His 90-minute demo rolled out virtually all that would [...]
Posted: January 6th, 2007 under Discoveries / Science.
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What if Hitler had died in 1923 attempting a coup?
On November 8, 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted to sieze control of Germany through a putsch (coup). What was he trying to do? How did he fail?
A Little Background
In the fall of 1922, the Germans asked the Allies for a moratorium on the reparations payments that they were required to pay according to the Versailles Treaty [...]
Posted: January 6th, 2007 under History.
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What if we cloned extinct animals?
As a paleontologist, one of the questions I am frequently asked is, “Is it possible to clone dinosaurs?”
You may have seen the programme on the Discovery Channel about the excavation of a frozen mammoth. Paleontologists are slowly thawing the large block of frozen sediment in the hopes of recovering tissue from the mammoth that can [...]
Posted: January 6th, 2007 under Discoveries / Science.
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Red Dawn (1984)
Staring Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen
Tagline: In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.
Plot Outline: It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers bands together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Source: IMDB
Posted: January 6th, 2007 under Movies / The Arts.
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